Peaceful uses of nuclear explosives. Review paper No. 1. Radioactivity and PNE

Technical Report · Fri Feb 01 04:00:00 EDT 1974

OSTI ID:4939396

Lapage, R ^[1]

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1. ed.

Published literafure is compiled on the radiation hazards associated with uses of underground nuclear explosions for largescale civil engineering projects, for mining, and for oil and gas stimulation. Following introductory material on cratering and contained nuclear explosion experiments, papers on the following subjects are presented: radioactivity production from underground nuclear explosions (using Plowshare data); the properties of radionuclides arisIng from device components, fission products, and the activation products of the surrounding rock; radiation exposure standards for defining the dose limits to human populations; exposure pathways due to radionuclide migration through soils, surface waters, the atmosphere, and ecosystems; distribution of localized radioactivity from contained and cratering explosions; distribution of fallout from nuclear cratering; precautions to be used during an explosion and on re- entry to the site; and a survey of decontamination methods. (LCL)

• Research Organization: UKAEA Weapons Group, Aldermaston. Atomic Weapons Research Establishment
• Sponsoring Organization: Sponsor not identified
• NSA Number: NSA-29-029262
• OSTI ID: 4939396
• Report Number(s): AWRE-O--11-74
• Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• Language: English

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CONTAINED EXPLOSIONS
CONTAMINATION
CRATERING EXPLOSIONS
DECONTAMINATION
DISTRIBUTION
DOSE LIMITS
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
ENVIRONMENT
FALLOUT
FALLOUT DEPOSITS
FISSION PRODUCTS
HUMAN POPULATIONS- - RADIATION DOSES
N42500* --Engineering--Nuclear Explosions
N44300 -- Environmental & Earth Sciences--Radioactivity Monitoring & Transport
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
PLOWSHARE PROJECT
RADIATION HAZARDS
RADIATION PROTECTION
RADIOACTIVITY
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
REVIEWS
ROCKS
SOILS
SURFACE WATERS
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
UNDERGROUND EXPLOSIONS